Proceedings of the 2nd INACELT
(International Conference on English Language Teaching)
ISBN: 978-602-60251-3-5
Institut Agama Islam Negeri Palangka Raya Indonesia, 16-17 November 2018
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The need analysis of English material on Hotel Hospitality students at
SMKN 1 Bojonegoro
Iin Widya Lestari
widyzahra89@gmail.com
Adi Isma
adhy2792@gmail.com
Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Sunan Giri Bojonegoro
Abstract
Need analysis is an essential thing in ESP. It is really important for designing
curriculum and material especially in English for specific purpose. This research aims to
find out the students’ needs at Hotel Hospitality at SMKN 1 Bojonegoro. This research
is classified as mixed method research design. It used two kinds of instruments namely
questioners and interview guidelines. The questioner aims to gain and collect
information from students especially their needs related to English teaching and
learning. While, interview guideline is used to gather information from English teacher
and the expert. The result shows that there are some skills and language components
that students at hotel hospitality need related to English materials. All skills are
generally important for them. 79% students said that all skills are very important.
Listening dominantly students said that listening (50%) and speaking (83%) are very
important for them. Grammar (83%) and vocabulary (83%) are really important for
them While at school, the ESP approach is not applied yet, as a result, it influences on
choosing materials. It can be concluded that in designing materials, the teachers and
curriculum maker should do need analysis and analyze what actually students need and
work need. In choosing materials, they have to consider what students skills that
students need at hotel hospitality.
Keywords: need analysis; ESP; vocational high school
INTRODUCTION
Communication plays important roles in any situations. Commonly, it needs
media to deliver information in communication. Language is truly needed as media of
communication. Dealing with language, English is one of languages that commonly is
used by people around the world. It is used as international language in any fields such
as in business, trade, science, education, and other occasions. That is why English is
really important to be mastered and learned.
Regarding the importance of English in use of communication, English is
included as compulsory subject at school. It is learned from elementary until university
level. Unfortunately, teaching and learning English is not an easy job especially for
non-speaking English countries. All elements such as curriculum makers, teachers, and
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